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Copyright JANM
photograph
Copyright JANM
Copyright JANM

photograph

Date1942
Mediumpaper
ClassificationsPhotographic Archives
Credit LineGift of Susan K. Mochizuki and Ann K. Uyeda
Object number2006.133.4
Description1 photographic print: b&w; 3-1/2x6" snapshot photo of motorcycle police, 2 motorcycles, one bus, several military M.P.'s, a group of Japanese American ladies standing with coats in background and 3 Caucasian men in the center, 1 civilian in a suit, 1 military officer and a third hatless person in an overcoat gesturing with his left arm. The Federal Building in the Civic Center appears in the background and a Mobil Oil gas station in the center of the photo. 2 military police soldiers in the foreground.

Caption on back: Evacuation at ______. April 1942. From 120 N. San Pedro St. Los Angeles to Santa Anita Assembly Center. Mr. Bobb, Col. Severn, Verne Harris. M.P.'s of the 35th M.P.

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